This video is NOT targeted at kids under the age of 13.

Everyone knows who Super Mario Bros. are. These two brothers named Mario Mario and Luigi Mario are probably the two most popular video game characters ever. We've all played countless different games with them on various Nintendo and Gameboy systems. But it's surprising how so many fans pronounce the name "Mario" differently. Not even Charles Martinet, Chris Pratt, Bob Hoskins and Lou Albano can all agree how to pronounce it. Even characters Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser and Wario say it differently. If every fan claims that their pronunciation is right, then what's the best way to check which way is really correct? I say: Go to the place where the character comes from and ask how it's said there. But where exactly is that? Well, it has been made clear that these plumber brothers are Italian-Americans from Brooklyn, New York. Although it's never officially clarified which Brooklyn neighborhood Mario and Luigi are from, my logic says they're most likely either from Bensonhurst or Dyker Heights (the neighborhoods that had the largest Italian-American populations in Brooklyn during the 1980s when these characters were first created). Therefore, I went to these very neighborhoods and asked all the Italian-American merchants there willing to speak to me how they pronounce it. Some viewers might say that as an alternative to Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights, I could have gone to other Brooklyn Italian neighborhoods (Bay Ridge, Gravesend, Bath Beach, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay, Williamsburg, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, etc), or other people might say I could have gone to Mulberry Street of Manhattan's Little Italy, Arthur Avenue of the Bronx's Little Italy, countless other Italian neighborhoods in NY, and all across the USA. And many other people will say I could have gone anywhere in Italy itself. But I believe that going to the neighborhoods which Mario most likely would have grown up in - if he was a real person - was the way to go. Now let's listen to how these Brooklyn Italians say Mario!

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This video speaks with workers at SAS Italian Records, Cavatappi NYC, La Bavetta Children's Boutique, Pasta Fresca Ravioli, Bari Pork Store, Faicco's Pork Store, SIAG Italian Coffee, and also speaks with other Italian-American residents of Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights.

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I must mention that I first got the idea to make this video after seeing a YouTube video called    • How To Pronounce "Mario"   from the channel WULFF DEN. So thank you WULFF DEN for the inspiration!

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